While Roma continued their pressure on Juve, and the Bianconeri ruled Turin with Tevez’s goal and controversy on & off the field, the rest of the week could be labelled with “wasted opportunities” after disappointing draws for Inter, Fiorentina, Napoli & Parma. Let’s take a look at this week’s top performers across Italy: GK – Vlada … Read more
According to the latest reports, Arsenal are ready to match AC Milan’s asking price for their star player Mario Balotelli. Earlier in the month, it was rumored that Arsenal’s new kit sponsors PUMA is ready to splash up to £15m to help the gunners to secure Balotelli’s signature. Mean while, Milan’s asking price for the Italian forward … Read more
Riccardo Montolivo began his career at Atalanta in 2003, playing in the second division of Italian Football. In a short space of time, he turned out to be one of the most promising prospects that Italian football has ever produced. Enjoying two successful seasons at Atalanta, Montolivo was transferred to Fiorentina for a reported … Read more
Earliar in the year, Arsenal announced a massive financial deal with PUMA which will earn then £150m for the contracted period. Now latest reports claims that PUMA are ready to splash up o £15m to help Arsenal to sign Mario Balotelli from AC Milan. Balotelli who had a decent career with Manchester City knows well about the … Read more
In January, Arsenal failed to bring in any top names as they only managed to sign Swedish international Kim Kallstrom. Wenger may face some criticism for lack of activity in the January market, but what people need to understand is most of the teams don’t prefer selling players in middle of the season, so obviously … Read more
Heading into their matchup against Genoa, Fiorentina had done something no one thought was possible. They had gone five league matches in a row without conceding a goal. It’s hard to believe considering star defender Gonzalo Rodriguez is out injured and goalkeeper Neto has been shaky to say the least. Nonetheless, the back line has … Read more
At six feet and five inches tall and monstrously strong, Oguchi Onyewu has all the physical attributes that one could want in a centre back, fast, aerial dominant and as strong as an ox, Onyewu brings a near unparalleled psychical dynamism to the field. A United States national of Nigerian descent, Onyewu’s promising career started … Read more
A new era began at AC Milan on Sunday. Former great Clarence Seedorf made his coaching debut just days after announcing his retirement from professional football. His first ever starting XI impressed a lot of people. For years, Milan supporters have been calling for a 4-2-3-1, as their personnel fits that system the best. That’s … Read more
On 13 January, while much of the footballing world was focused in on the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, rapid changes were taking place in Italy’s fashion capital. Following their 4-3 capitulation at the hands of a Sassuolo outfit spearheaded by 19-year-old Domenico Berardi, Milan opted to part ways with coach Massimiliano Allegri and … Read more
Considering how poor AC Milan had been playing up until their match against 18th place Sassuolo, so it presented the perfect opportunity to start gaining ground on the top five in Serie A. Considering that the Rossoneri were eight points above the relegation zone and 17 behind third place Napoli, it was vital that they … Read more